An Answer to the Question, What Is the Most ’Murican Car?

Turns out there are five cars that are equally almost-all-American: the Buick Enclave, the Chevy Traverse, the GMC Acadia, the Chevy Corvette (automatic), and the Cadillac ATS coupe. All score an 87.5 out of 100 on the good professor’s ’Murican index. And clearly, all should come standard with at least two stars-and-stripes clip-on window flags.

GM isn’t all apple pie, however. The Australian-built Chevrolet SS/Caprice and the Korean-made Spark rang in with a positively un-American score of only 15.5.

Meanwhile, the Ford F-150? It scored an 82.5, tied for the top spot at the blue oval with the Expedition, the Explorer, and the Taurus. And the Jeep Wrangler (79) was just edged out by the Cherokee (79.5) as the most American offering at FCA.

Just behind the Wrangler, at 78.5, were the three foreign-brand models with the best showing: the Honda Odyssey, the Toyota Camry, and the Toyota Sienna. Which pretty much makes sense.

Frankly, though, it’s more fun to think about this question without the formula. In that case, the most ’Murican car is the Ford Mustang. Or the Chevy Suburban. Or the anything Hellcat. It used to be the Hummer H1, that we’re pretty sure of. Before that, it was the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am. Turns out, there have been plenty of Most American Cars in our nation’s history.